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  • 81Crown (heraldry) — A Crown is often an emblem of the monarchy, a monarch s government, or items endorsed by it; see The Crown. A specific type of crown (or coronet for lower ranks of peerage) is employed in heraldry under strict rules. Indeed some monarchies never… …

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  • 82taxonomy — taxonomic /tak seuh nom ik/, taxonomical, adj. taxonomically, adv. taxonomist, taxonomer, n. /tak son euh mee/, n. 1. the science or technique of classification. 2. Biol. the science dealing with the description, identification, naming, and… …

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  • 83Germany — • History divided by time periods, beginning with before 1556 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Germany     Germany     † …

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  • 84Japan — • Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …

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  • 85Priesthood — • Brief yet thorough examination of this sacrament Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Priesthood     Priesthood     † …

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  • 86French nobility — The nobility ( fr. la noblesse) in France, in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period, had specific legal and financial rights, and prerogatives.The first official list of these prerogatives was established relatively late, under Louis XI of… …

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  • 87Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom — v · d · e Orders of precedence …

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  • 88Oboi — This is a Chinese name; the family name is Guwalgiya. Guwalgiya Oboi 瓜尔佳·鳌拜 Oboi portrait. Qing Dynasty. Regent of the Qing Dynasty In office …

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  • 89Auxiliaries (Roman military) — Auxiliaries (from Latin: auxilia = supports ) formed the standing non citizen corps of the Roman army of the Principate (30 BC ndash;284 AD), alongside the citizen legions. By the 2nd century, the auxilia contained the same number of infantry as… …

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  • 90Foreign Prince — is the English translation of prince étranger , a high, though somewhat ambiguous, rank at the French royal court of the ancien régime .TerminologyIn medieval Europe, a nobleman bore the title of prince as an indication of sovereignty, either… …

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